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^ v^ELPHIA CONGRESS I03 

' THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: 



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A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MEMORY. 

»y brow be bared, and "^very head be bowed 
"•erential awe this day, 

nn tribute to the memory of those brave men 
edged within the precincts of this ancient hall 
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor." 
vork is done. 

ell 'twas done we do not need to ask. 
3ut lift our eyes and gaze where'er we may, 
North to South, or East, or West, 
the smiling bosom of the fertile plains 
free land of ours ; 

in to the busy hum of factory and mill — 
^jj,-, Y ^'^ behold the happy throngs which fill our streets 
. , " :m contented whereso'er they will, 
'g their " inalienable right 
.and liberty and the pursuit of happiness," — 
fe our answer, 
ey not lived, and died, 
ey not pledged their all with courage unexcelled, 



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TT I ^k'-^' not laid the firm foundation on the solid rock 
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p. J TT ,. an Rights and Liberty, 

Th R gilding which they planned with skill consummate 

.„, Shile with sword and flintlock by their side,) 

\hj u 1?*-*"^ ^'^^ 'Cn\%, perchance, have crumbled to decay. 

TT pll they builded, they themselves 

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j-.., , perhaps, foresee: 

„ ''who now enjoy the fruits of all their labor, 

But we, . , ,, ,, ■' 
V> \^r^m" well. 

" Tt ii^'^^'^^^ '^ *^"'' '"'S^t — it is our bounden duty," 
T t^^^^ homage and full mead of praise 
5*' ' ose great men this day, 



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^ibled as we are, and honored so to be, 
^ the very walls which echoed back 
urning words of eloquence 
fell from lips now made immortal, 
hich found a lodging place upon the parchment roll 
bears their honored names, 

iMSh|5^they proudly called and baptized with their blood: 
linious Declaration of the Thirteen United States 

(Prolonged applause.) 



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